Ours is a time of anthropological crisis when we as a society cannot agree on what it means to be human. Thus, theologians who faced that issue in Nazi Germany are obvious dialogue partners upon whom we can draw. Continue Reading »
At the end of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius, the conspirators who had assassinated Caesar, are themselves dead. Brutus has, in fact, fallen upon his sword rather than face capture by the armies of Octavius and Mark Antony. Brutus was bad enough to betray and murder a . . . . Continue Reading »
Christmas comes even in the midst of rubble. Continue Reading »
In dark days near the beginning of World War II, Bonhoeffer, the famed Protestant theologian, found himself living in a Catholic community. Bonhoeffer found spiritual nourishment at Ettal in the daily rhythms of Scripture, prayer, silence, and song. Continue Reading »
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by eric metaxas thomas nelson, 591 pages, $29.99 “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer “Bonhoeffer faced a church that had bowed its knee to the . . . . Continue Reading »
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